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In the sample below we create a report in Power View on top of Adventure Works OLAP cube:įirst of all I really liked the changes on colours and relationship connectors on diagram view. Just connect to an OLAP data server and import data into a Power View report. Try connecting to a different data source.”īut, in the new version you can create flashy reports on Power View very easily. It may be a multidimensional data source, which Power View doesn’t support yet. “Sorry, Power View in Excel can’t connect to this data source. In the previous version you get the error message below: Power View Over OLAP (Analysis Services Multi-dimensional):Īnother cool feature that’s been added to Excel 2016 is the ability to create “Power View” report on top of OLAP cubes. You can also see the SQL query which is used to retrieve the data out of the SQL Server database.īut, generally speaking of Power Query in comparison with the latest version of Power Query available for Excel 2013 there is no new features added to it. You can see all the steps we took when we edited the query like renaming columns and removing columns etc. If you have a look at the codes you’ll find lots of really interesting codes. You can learn a lot from the recorded codes.

Here you go, you should be able to see the VBA codes generated over Power Query.

Now click on “Macros” from “Developer” tab.

Go back to the “Developer” tab and click “Stop Recording”.

Rename the 3 first columns to make them more user friendly.

Filter “EndDate” column to show the records with valid end date.

Remove the 5 first key columns by selecting them, right click and “Remove Columns”.

Follow the steps below to edit the query.

(Obviously you can directly click on “Load”)

Enter server and database then click OK.

Go to Data tab-> Get & Transform-> New Query-> From SQL Server Database.

Enter a name for the macro then click OK.

Now you can see the “Developer” tab on the ribbon.

Go to File-> Options-> Customise Ribbon-> tick “Developer”-> OK.

First of all we need enable Developer tab in Excel 2016.

To see how it works follow the steps below: When you have a feature as a default feature in Excel you expect to be able to use VBA codes and Power Query is not exception. You can find it under the “Data” tab on “Get & Transform”:Īs you can see I already loaded FactInternetSales query from AdventureWorksDW2012.

Actually it’s there by default and you don’t even need to turn it on. To me, it’s a very good news that “Power Query” is integrated with Excel. Now you can see “Power Map” and “Power View” on the “Insert” tab as well as the “Power Pivot” which has a separate tab: OR you can still turn them on from “COM Add-ins”:įile-> Options-> Add-Ins-> Manage “Com Add-ins”-> Go

You can now turn these features on from:įile–> Options–> Advanced-> (scroll down the page) Data-> Enable Data Analysis Add-ins: Power Pivot, Power View, and Power Map

Power map preview for excel install#

So you don’t need to install them separately. Now I’m really happy that the same thing happened to Power View and Power Map. Something is better than nothing, not too bad though! Integrating BI features with Excel: Power View and Power Map:Īs you know, Power Pivot was integrated as a built-it feature to Excel 2013. By some, I mean, well, there not a lot new BI features, but, some.

The good news is that finally there will be some cool new features added to the next version of Excel which is Excel 2016. It’s been awhile that we are waiting for a sensible improvements in Microsoft self-service BI.